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Crops, Farm Animals & Nursery Publications

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Farm Equipment & Storage

[+] FS-431 The Economics of Leasing Versus Buying Farm Equipment

[+] FS-633 Hotbeds and Cold Frames for Starting Annual Plants

[+] FS-803 Root Cellars Post-Harvest Treatment and Low Cost Storage of Produce

[+] FS-808 Small Farm Composting using the Passively Aerated Windrow Systems

[+] FS-820 Preventing Fires in Manure Storage Structures

[+] FS-839 Weed Management for Tobacco Barns and Other Farm Buildings

[+] FS-845 Preventing Combine Fires

[+] NR-1-A Pole and Post Buildings: Design and Construction Handbook

Out of stock

[+] NR-11 High-Tensile Wire Fencing

[+] NR-16 Planning Farm Shops

Out of stock

[+] NR-18 Extinguishing Silo Fires

Out of stock

[+] NR-19 Boom Sprayers

Out of stock

[+] NR-25 Used Farm Equipment: Assessing Quality, Safety, and Economics

[+] NR-27 Lumber from Local Woodlots

Out of stock

Farm Management

[+] EB-313 Selling Timber From Private Forest Land in Maryland

Out of stock

[+] EB-321 Multiple Peril Crop Insurance: What Is It? Should You Buy It?

[+] EB-370 Farm Business Planning

[+] EB-371 2008 Maryland Vegetable Enterprise Budgets

[+] FS-448 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Alternative Enterprises--What You Should Know

[+] FS-453 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Marketing Fresh Vegetables

[+] FS-538 Diagnosing Your Farm's Financial Health

[+] FS-539 Assessing and Improving Farm Profitability

[+] FS-540 Assessing and Improving Your Farm Solvency

[+] FS-541 Assessing and Improving Farm Cash Flow

[+] FS-542 Developing and Improving Your Farm Records

[+] FS-543 Analyzing Investment Opportunities: The Time Value of Money in Farm Decisions

[+] FS-544 Marketing: Critical for Effective Farm Management

[+] FS-545 Enterprise Budgets in Farm Management Decisionmaking

[+] FS-546 Cost and Revenue Considerations in Farm Management Decisionmaking

[+] FS-547 Using the Partial Budget To Analyze Farm Change

[+] FS-548 Using Economic Principles To Manage Your Farm

[+] FS-628 Woodland Management: Marketing Forest Products--The Sales Contract

[+] FS-630 Tax and Estate Planning for Maryland Forest Landowners

[+] FS-651 Decisionmaking Principles for Part-Time Farmers

[+] FS-667 PRO-FARM Leadership and Management: Leadership and Management of Farm Businesses

[+] FS-668 PRO-FARM Leadership and Management: Focusing Your Dreams--Creating a Mission Statement

[+] FS-669 PRO-FARM Leadership and Management: Discover Your Priorities--Develop a Needs Assessment

[+] FS-670 PRO-FARM Leadership and Management: Strategic Planning--Drafting a Blueprint for Your Farm Business

[+] FS-671 PRO-FARM Leadership and Management: Time Management--Making the Most of a Limited Resource

[+] FS-718 Futures and Options: Graphically Speaking

[+] FS-754 Developing a Fee-Fishing Enterprise: An Opportunity in Recreational Tourism

[+] FS-765 Community-Supported Agriculture in Maryland

[+] FS-768 Phytoremedation-Plant-based Strategies for Cleaning up Contaminant Soil Met

[+] FS-778 Estate Planning for Farm Families

[+] FS-779 Farmland Preservation An Estate Planning Tool

[+] FS-780 Taxes and Land Preservation Computing the Capital Gains Tax

[+] FS-781 Guidelines for Selecting Farmland

[+] FS-793 Agricultural & Demographic Changes In the Mid-Atlantic Region Implications for Ethnic and Specialty Produce

[+] FS-804 Selling Your Farm Products

[+] FS-820 Preventing Fires in Manure Storage Structures

[+] FS-839 Weed Management for Tobacco Barns and Other Farm Buildings

[+] FS-846 Niche Marketing - Outside of the Box, but in the Black

[+] FS-849 Common Energy Hogs in Poultry Houses

[+] L-279 Farm Neighbor Relations

[+] L-280 Farmers Advise Farmers

[+] NR-32 Farming Alternatives: A Guide to Evaluating the Feasibility of New Farm-Based Enterprises

[+] NR-60 A Guide to Logging Aesthetics: Practical Tips for Loggers, Foresters, and Landowners

Grains & Field Crops

[+] EB-236-T 2009 Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations + Pest ID Guide

[+] FS-433 Harvesting and Feeding Drought-Stressed Corn

[+] FS-446 Managing Wheat for Maximum Economic Yields in Maryland

[+] FS-449 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Straw Production

[+] FS-458 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Sweet Corn

[+] FS-460 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Grain Sorghum Production

[+] FS-483 Determining the Value of Drought-Stressed Corn

[+] FS-511 Nitrogen Management for High Yield Small Grain Production

[+] FS-514 No-Till Corn Production: Achieving Maximum Nutrient Efficiency

[+] FS-559 Nitrogen Recommendations for Corn Using the Pre-Sidedress Nitrate-Nitrogen Soil Test

[+] FS-644 Evaluating Hay Quality

[+] FS-712 Using Grain Futures Markets for Small Contracts

[+] FS-714 Using Options: Insuring Corn Production Costs

[+] FS-844 Growing Fresh Market Sweet Corn

Greenhouse & Nursery Management

[+] EB-236-T 2009 Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations + Pest ID Guide

[+] EB-351 Greenhouse Heating, Circulation, and Ventilation Systems

[+] EB-363CD Total Crop Management for Greenhouse Production (CD)

Out of stock

[+] FS-593 Starting a Greenhouse Business

[+] FS-660 Starting a Nursery Enterprise: Introduction and Regulations

[+] FS-661 Starting a Nursery Enterprise: Specializing in Shade Trees

[+] FS-690 Greenhouse Float Systems For Transplant Production

[+] FS-839 Weed Management for Tobacco Barns and Other Farm Buildings

[+] FS-865 Managing The Greenhouse Environment

[+] FS-866 Managing pH In The Greenhouse Environment

[+] FS-867 Methods Of Watering Greenhouse Crops

Ornamental & Flowering Plants

[+] EB-223 Beekeeping in Maryland

[+] EB-236-T 2009 Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations + Pest ID Guide

[+] EB-319-A How to Produce and Market Paulownia

[+] EB-356 Trickle Irrigation for Cut Flowers, Vegetables, and Small Fruit

[+] EB-359-A Total Crop Management of Herbaceous Perennial Plants

[+] FS-467 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Producing Cut Flowers--Liatris

[+] FS-468 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Producing Cut Flowers--General Field Crop Management

[+] FS-469 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Producing Cut Flowers--Florist Statice

[+] FS-556 Preserving Flowers and Leaves

[+] FS-561 Maintaining a Succession of Cut Flowers

[+] FS-568 Growing Hanging Plants

[+] FS-638 Fertilizing Ornamental Trees and Shrubs

[+] FS-655 Wildlife Damage Management: Resistance of Ornamentals to Deer Damage

[+] FS-684 Production of Celosia as Cut Flowers

[+] FS-685 Production of Yarrows as Cut Flowers

[+] FS-686 Producing Annual Sunflowers as Cut Flowers

[+] FS-687 Production of Hybrid Lilies as Cut Flowers

[+] FS-713 Producing Larkspur as Cut Flowers

[+] FS-731 Production of Purple Coneflower as a Cut Flower

[+] FS-753 Producing Anemone as a Cut Flower

[+] FS-767 Production of Alliums as Cut Flowers

[+] FS-770 Production of Lisianthus as a Cut Flower

[+] FS-784 Crop Rotation

[+] FS-806 Commercial Cut Flower Production

[+] FS-837 Production of Tulips as Cut Flowers

[+] FS-850 Aster Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-851 Astilbe Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-852 Balloon Flower Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-853 Blue Spirea Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-854 Butterfly Bush Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-855 Carnation Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-856 Clematis Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-857 Columbine Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-858 Coreopsis Production And Consumer Care

[+] FS-859 CORNFLOWER PRODUCTION AND CONSUMER CARE

[+] FS-860 DELPHINIUM PRODUCTION AND CONSUMER CARE

[+] FS-861 BELLFLOWER PRODUCTION AND CONSUMER CARE

[+] O&T-1-C Ornamental and Turf Manuals

Pasture & Forage Crops

[+] EB-236-T 2009 Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations + Pest ID Guide

[+] EB-374 A Marketing Decision Tool and Guide for Grass-fed Beef

[+] FS-470 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Forage Production

[+] FS-759 Wildlife Plantings Food & Cover Plantings Shrub Lespedezas

[+] FS-771 Pasture Management: Equipment for Establishing and Maintaining Pastures

[+] FS-775 Annual Ryegrass - - Forage Management in the Mid-Atlantic

[+] FS-784 Crop Rotation

[+] FS-785 Cover Crops

[+] FS-786 Grazing Management

[+] FS-788 Understanding Pasture-Stocking Rate and Carrying

[+] FS-812 Adapting Annual and ""Italian"" Ryegrasses to Forage Systems in the Mid-Atlantic

[+] FS-813 Smooth Bromegrass-Adapting an Old Grass to Today's Forage Systems

Pest Management & IPM

[+] AQU-1-A Aquatic Pest Control Category 5

[+] EB-236-T 2009 Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations + Pest ID Guide

[+] EB-237-Q 2009-2010 Pest Management Recommendations for Field Crops

[+] EB-317 Pesticide Sprayers for Small Farms

Out of stock

[+] EB-350-C Landscape IPM Guidelines for Integrated Pest Management of Insects and Mite Pests on Landscape Trees and Shrubs

Out of stock

[+] EB-354-C Managing Deer Damage in Maryland

[+] EB-363-A Total Crop Management for Greenhouse Production with emphasis on IPM

[+] FS-340 Soybean Cyst Nematode

[+] FS-444 Aflatoxins

[+] FS-595 Lyme Disease and the Deer Tick in Maryland

[+] FS-655 Wildlife Damage Management: Resistance of Ornamentals to Deer Damage

[+] FS-689 Wood Boring Beetles: Old House Borer and Powderpost Beetles

[+] FS-699 Managing Fungus-Eating Gnats, Humpbacked Flies, and Shore Flies in the Greenhouse

[+] FS-762 Thrips Management in Greenhouses

[+] FS-777 Whitefly (Honoptera-Aleyrodidae) Control in Greenhouses

[+] FS-795 The Barn Owl: Friend of Agriculture and Communities

[+] FS-797 American Kestrel The Barnyard Friend

[+] FS-798 The Barn Swallow: Friend of the Farm

[+] FS-802 The Great Horned Owl - Rodents and Rabbits Beware

[+] FS-805 Controlling a Major Nursery Pest-Black Vine Weevil,Otiorgynchus Sulcatus(Fabricius)

[+] FS-810-A Using Commercial Deer Repellents To Manage Deer Browsing in The Landscape

[+] FS-818 Controlling 2 Aquatic Plant Pests: Nymphuliella daeckealis (Haimbach) and the Waterlily Leafcutter, Synclita obliteralis (Walker)

[+] fs-825 Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Maryland

[+] FS-826 Soybean Cyst Nematode in Maryland

[+] FS-838 Plant-Parasitic Nematode Management on Vegetable Crops in Maryland

[+] FS-839 Weed Management for Tobacco Barns and Other Farm Buildings

[+] MIS-1-B Biological Control of Insect and Mite Pests of Woody Landscape Plants

[+] MIS-2 Slide Set Biological Control of Insects+Mite Pests of Woody Landscape Plants

Out of stock

[+] O&T-1-C Ornamental and Turf Manuals

Poultry & Livestock

[+] BC-1 Beef Cattle Handbook

[+] EB-223 Beekeeping in Maryland

[+] EB-310 Interpreting and Using DHI Somatic Cell Counts

Out of stock

[+] EB-349 Livestock Enterprises for the Part-Time Farm

[+] EB-372 A Producer's Guide to Meat and Poultry Processing Regulations in Maryland

[+] EB-373 Broiler Production Management for Potential and Existing Growers

[+] FS-426 Causes and Prevention: Nitrate Poisoning of Livestock

[+] FS-427 Causes and Prevention: Prussic Acid Poisoning of Livestock

[+] FS-429 Homemade Comfort Cages for Small Poultry Flocks

[+] FS-457 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Raising Market Hogs

[+] FS-507 Aflatoxicosis and Ruminants

[+] FS-657 Financial Planning for Equine Enthusiasts: Enterprise and Partial Budgets

[+] FS-658 Financial Control Aids for Equine Enthusiasts: Balance Sheets, Income and Expense Statements, and Cash-Flow Budgets

[+] FS-665 Price Factors and Sales Trends Affecting the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Market

[+] FS-666 Characteristics of and Economic Variables Associated With the Equine Industry in Selected Maryland Counties

[+] FS-711 Leading Sires and Bloodline Patterns in Steeplechasers

[+] FS-717 Composting Animal Mortalities on the Farm

[+] FS-720 Pasture Management: Maintaining Permanent Pastures for Livestock

[+] FS-721 Pasture Management: Common Plants Poisonous to Livestock in Maryland

[+] FS-723 Composting Catastrophic Event Poultry Mortalities

[+] FS-790 Milk Production Costs,How Much Does It Cost You to Produce ""100"" lbs./Milk

[+] FS-801 Guidelines for In-house Composting of Catastrophic Poultry Mortality

[+] FS-816 Raising Goats for Meat

[+] FS-817 Housing, Equipment, and Facilities for Commercial Meat Goat Production

[+] FS-819 Horse Shopping? Better Ask Some Questions

[+] FS-821 Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT)

[+] FS-843 Trimming the Fat: Weight Loss Strategies for the Overweight Horse

[+] FS-847a Teaching Basic Equine Nutrition Part I: Making the Equine Digestive Tract Model

[+] FS-847b Teaching Basic Equine Nutrition Part II: Equine Digestive Anatomy and Physiology

[+] FS-849 Common Energy Hogs in Poultry Houses

[+] FS-921 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) Guidelines

[+] MEP-300 Raising Your Home Chicken Flock

[+] MEP-324 In-House Composting of Poultry Mortalities Due to Catastrophic Disease

[+] NR-6 Small Farms: Livestock Buildings and Equipment

Out of stock

[+] PIH-0 Pork Industry Handbook

Out of stock

Produce Crops

[+] EB-223 Beekeeping in Maryland

[+] EB-356 Trickle Irrigation for Cut Flowers, Vegetables, and Small Fruit

[+] EB-371 2008 Maryland Vegetable Enterprise Budgets

[+] FS-450 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Broccoli

[+] FS-451 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Cauliflower

[+] FS-452 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Black Turtle Beans

[+] FS-453 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Marketing Fresh Vegetables

[+] FS-454 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Pumpkins

[+] FS-455 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Watermelons

[+] FS-456 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Cantaloupes

[+] FS-459 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Peppers

[+] FS-461 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Kale, Collards, and Turnips

[+] FS-462 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Mustard Greens

[+] FS-463 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Asparagus

[+] FS-464 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Sweet Potatoes

[+] FS-465 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing White Potatoes

[+] FS-466 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Okra

[+] FS-471 Growing Matted Row Strawberries in Maryland

[+] FS-472 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Summer Squash

[+] FS-473 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Fresh Market Cucumbers

[+] FS-502 Enterprise Guide for Southern Maryland: Growing Tomatoes

[+] FS-551 Growing Vegetable Transplants

[+] FS-552 Hardening Vegetable Transplants

[+] FS-635 Canola Production Guidelines

[+] FS-646 An Overview of Successful Produce Wholesaling Opportunities for Local Farmers in the Baltimore-Wasington Region

[+] FS-647 The Importance of Postharvest Handling

[+] FS-648 A Systematic Approach to Produce Wholesaling

[+] FS-653 Maryland 40 Tobacco Variety

[+] FS-755 Blueberries

[+] FS-760 Extending the Production Season for Vegetables and Small Fruit

[+] FS-776 Site Slection and Preparation for Vegetable Production

[+] FS-784 Crop Rotation

[+] FS-838 Plant-Parasitic Nematode Management on Vegetable Crops in Maryland

[+] NR-4 Trickle Irrigation in the Eastern United States

Out of stock

Soil Fertility & Irrigation

[+] BL-1 Your Farm and the Chesapeake Bay

[+] BL-2 Nontidal Wetlands and Your Farm

[+] EB-312 Soil Moisture Sensors for Irrigation Management

Out of stock

[+] FS-447 Estimating Irrigation Water Requirements

[+] FS-478 Determining Farm Water Needs for the Maryland Water Appropriations Permit

[+] FS-501 Using Composted Sewage Sludge in the Production and Maintenance of Ornamental Plants

[+] FS-640 Basic Principles of Soil Fertility II: Soil Properties

[+] FS-704 Saving Your Soil and the Chesapeake Bay

[+] FS-757 Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils-What It Is and How To Do It

[+] FS-764 Phytoremediation - Plant-based Strategies For Cleaning up Contaminated Soil

[+] FS-766 Integrated Pond Management for Maryland

[+] FS-782 Basics of Soil and Plant Fertility

[+] FS-783 Soil Organic Matter

[+] FS-862 Understanding The Fertilizer Bag

[+] FS-864 Fertilizer Programs

[+] FS-870 Slow Release Fertilizers

[+] FS-871 Soil-Based And Soilless Substrate

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